Merry England

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[Verse]
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Waiting on a station platform for a change of train
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Seems whenever I'm in Preston that it always rains
                             A7           C     D
Just today from moving on to play another town
               Am              C              G     D
I've no way of knowing where tonight I lay me down

[Chorus]
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Merry England, though your heart is warm, your hands are cold
        G                 Bm        Em                   D
And I'd like to think I'm growing up, as well as growing old
    G                                        A7           C
But it's been weeks since I've been smiled on by a face I knew
        D                 Am           C                G    C    G
And I've started thinking every pretty woman looks like you

[Verse]
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Blackpool in December found me wandering forlorn
                   Am                  C            G
Remembering what a child felt when the carnival had gone
                             A7                C      D
Can't gain on the roundabouts or lose upon the swing
                 Am          C                  G       D
Too late for the summer days, too early for the spring

[Chorus]
               Em          C        G                    C
Merry England, though your heart is warm, your hands are cold
        G                 Bm             Em              D
And I'd like to think I'm growing up, as well as growing old
    G                                        A7           C     D
But it's been weeks since I've been smiled on by a face I knew
                 Am           C                G    D
Started thinking every pretty woman looks like you

[Chorus]
           Em  C                 G            C
Looks like you travelled round beside me in a song
G                  Bm            Em             D
Having you to come back home to, helped me get along
G                                        A7           C
It's been weeks since I've been smiled on by a face I knew
        D                 Am           C                G
And I've started thinking every pretty woman looks like you